Town of Albion in Dane County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Albion Academy

Photographed by Paul F, January 5, 2011

1. Albion Academy Marker

Inscription. Albion Academy and Normal Institute, chartered in 1853 and opened in 1854, on land donated by Jesse Saunders, was founded and operated by Northwestern Seventh Day Baptist Association until 1894; by Peter Hendrickson, former Beloit College professor, until 1901; and by The Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of America until 1918. Among its founders were Dr. C.R. Head, Board President for forty years, and A.B. Cornwall, beloved principal during its golden era. Its objective was to afford education so inexpensive that no one need forego it. Albion Academy graduated many outstanding students, including Alva Adams, Governor of Colorado; Knute Nelson, U.S. Senator from Minnesota, and Edwin L. Greene, world famous botanist. Among its faculty were Prof. Thure Kumlien, world famous naturalist, and Prof. Rasmus B. Anderson, later U.S. Minister to Denmark. In 1928 the Town of Albion purchased the buildings and campus for a park and in 1959 conveyed the remaining building, Kumlien Hall, to the Albion Academy Historical Society for preservation as a museum.

Erected 1960 by Wisconsin Historical Society. (Marker Number 95.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included

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in the Wisconsin Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1853.

Location. 42° 52.8′ N, 89° 4.227′ W. Marker is in Town of Albion, Wisconsin, in Dane County. It is on Campus Lane 0.1 miles west of Edgerton Road (Wisconsin Highway 106), on the left when traveling west. Located in Albion Park, between Academy Drive and Edgerton Road, just west of County Highway A. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 605 Campus Lane, Edgerton WI 53534, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southeast Wisconsin and in Greater Madison.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Sheepskin School (a few steps from this marker); Wisconsin's Tobacco Land (approx. 4.2 miles away); Koshkonong (approx. 5.2 miles away); Rockdale Mill (approx. 6.7 miles away); East Park Historic District (approx. 7.6 miles away); Main Street Historic District (approx. 7.9 miles away); The Stoughton Downtown Historic District (approx. 7.9 miles away); Bovre Congregation (approx. 8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Town of Albion.

Other markers no longer nearby. Sterling North (was a few steps from this marker but has been confirmed missing); Yahara River (was approx. 5.3 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Paul F, January 5, 2011

2. Albion Academy Marker

Kumlien Hall

Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Paul F, January 5, 2011

3. Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion

Located across Highway A from Albion Park

Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2021. It was originally submitted on February 21, 2011, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,487 times since then and 47 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on February 21, 2011, by Paul Fehrenbach of Richfield, Wisconsin. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.